From its catchy music to its charming host (Alex Trebek has hosted the show since 1984), "Jeopardy!" has been a beloved classic for almost 35 years. In fact, "Jeopardy!" will celebrate its 35th season with its first-ever All-Star Game from February 20 to March 5, 2019.

The show centers around three contestants competing to win cash by answering general knowledge questions, which are each worth a different dollar amount. The top scorer not only wins the value of their winnings in cash, they get to return for the next match.

Brad Rutter currently holds the top spot, having made over $4 million on the show.

According to The University of Chicago Chronicle, Pawson came from behind in the Tournament of Champions, by correctly answering a question on British royalty that the game leader got wrong: "Born in 1683, the second British king of this name was the last one not born in the British isles." (Correct answer: "What is George?")

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Ben Ingram: $426,534

Ben Ingram beat out two fan favorites, Arthur Chu and Julia Collins, to win the 2005 Tournament of Champions.Facebook/Jeopardy!

According to NPR, he "Moneyballed" the tournament: "Using data-mining and text-clustering techniques, Craig grouped questions by category to figure out which topics were statistically common — and which weren't."

His first, five-day streak earned him $55,102, but winning the Tournament of Champions ($250k), the Ultimate Tournament of Champions ($2 million), the Masters Tournament ($1 million), and the Battle of the Decades ($1 million) bumped his earnings significantly.